The significance of Foshan Autumn Color Parade

The significance of the Foshan Autumn Color Parade is to showcase the charm of Lingnan culture and spread the image of Foshan city.

Foshan Autumn Colors was named after the 14th year of the Ming Dynasty and has been passed down for more than 500 years. According to legend, the grass dragon dancing in Foshan Autumn Colors originated in the Jin Dynasty. In the farming society, after the autumn harvest, the old people would tie the crop leftovers into grass dragons. Playing with children has become the most original way to celebrate the autumn harvest. The significance of holding the Foshan Autumn Color Parade is to showcase the charm of Lingnan culture, spread the image of Foshan city, and let everyone feel the charm of Lingnan culture.

Foshan Autumn Colors can be divided into two categories: folk craft displays and theatrical performances. Folk craft displays mainly include five types of tie-making, brickwork, needlework, mounting and carving, and theatrical performances mainly include folk music. , dance, drama, acrobatics, costume performance five categories. There are thousands of people participating in the Autumn Color Parade, and the parade team is several miles long. Its expressions are divided into seven colors: lamp color, horse color, car color, ground color, water color, floating color, and scenery.

Introduction to Foshan Autumn Color Parade

In 2008, Foshan Autumn Color was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list. Since 2009, the Foshan Autumn Color Parade has been scheduled to be held once a year in the golden autumn season. Since 2016, the Foshan Autumn Colors Folklore Event has been held in conjunction with the Guangdong (Foshan) Intangible Cultural Heritage Week, including a series of activities such as display of intangible cultural heritage items and dialogue with inheritors.

Foshan Autumn Colors integrates arts and crafts, drama, music, dance and acrobatics. It has a history of more than 600 years and was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list in 2008. It has various forms of expression, including seven colors: lamp color, car color, horse color, water color, scenery, ground color, and floating color. Starting from 2009, the Foshan Autumn Color Parade is scheduled to be held once a year and is held in the golden autumn season every year.

Foshan’s Autumn Color Parade program is divided into “Taste of Foshan·Lingnan in Autumn”, “Green and Beautiful Guangdong·Pearl River Scenery”, “New Songs for National Revitalization·Melodious Songs of Beautiful Countryside”, “Ode to Autumn Colors of China·Singing for a New Era” Four major chapters, and entrusted the Guangdong Song and Dance Theater, Guangdong Dance and Drama Vocational College and other professional art academies and art schools to participate in the creation and parade performances of the autumn color program.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Mid-Autumn Festival (Foshan Autumn Colors)